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Sentry drone bonuses on the popular Gallente heavy assault cruiser have been dialed back to 5% for both hitpoints and damage. Combined with tweaks to Bouncer Sentry Drones, damage and survivability of the Ishtar is now more in line with other ships, allowing for greater diversity in the field.

The Rate of Fire of all medium rail guns has been reduced by 7.5%, evening the damage output across rails, beams, artillery and heavy missiles. Expect to see more diverse weaponry in future cruiser fleets.

No more waiting for gigs of content to download before you can start playing a new install of EVE Online on Windows. Download-on-Demand (DoD) has you up and running in minutes, with additional assets downloaded as the client needs them. Coming for Mac later this year.

Under the CONCORD Spam Protection Act (CSPA), unknown pilots sending you EVEmail are required to pay a CSPA charge to do so. New pilots will now find their default charge is at 0 ISK, making it easier for recruiters and new acquaintances to contact them. You may enable CSPA Charges and set the charge amount in the Communications Settings panel.

If you haven't tried the new star map yet, now is a great time to take it for a test drive.

Floating, dockable, resizable window

Greater readability, improved visuals

Region and Constellation level grouping

NEW Probe scanning via 3D Starmap

A checkbox for the 3D Starmap is under Experimental Features on your General Settings tab of the escape (ESC) menu. Once enabled, a second map icon will appear in your Neocom. Turn it on and try it out!

Your every action in EVE Online makes a difference and the client keeps track of it all. For the first time ever, yearly statistics for your personal character will be available, and you're going to be amazed at how much is there!